Stage two - Stanton to Winchcombe
Welcome dear reader, back to our journey! As you may recall, I am writing this as an omnibus 'catch-up' edition of our Cotswold Way adventure and so, this stage of the walk is only a couple of days old in my mind and I should be more familiar with the events as they unfolded. The weather in recent days and weeks has been very poor and to be honest, at the outset of the holiday season I for one had not really expected much by way of opportunity to progress our story onward. However, after Christmas and all the bustle was fading, such a day did offer itself and that day was Thursday 29th December 2022, the last suitable walking day of the year. Once again Kyle had scheduled work, and once again he was unable to join us, so Lara, Elena and I set off on our merry way to pick up the route where we had left off, which was at Stanton. This time however, we were careful to note that buses would be running and we decided it was a more psychologically pleasing idea to park the car at our